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Board Endorses PILOT Inequity Report, Ratifies Ward Deal

West Boylston Select Board endorsed a report on decades of state underpayment for reservoir land and ratified a new town administrator's contract.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 15

Government · Select Board

Board OKs school bid, pauses capital projects

The West Boylston Select Board approved submitting a statement of interest for a new elementary school and appointed Michael Ward as town administrator.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 1

Government · Select Board

Select Board Interviews Three Town Administrator Finalists

West Boylston's Select Board interviewed three finalists for town administrator but took no vote on the hire. Candidates Michael Ward, Sean Fitzgerald and Mike Slasek fielded questions on structural budget pressures, staff morale and the town's new monthly trash fee program.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 25

Government · Select Board

Select Board Approves Trash Fee Waiver Request

West Boylston Select Board voted 4-1 to seek a Board of Health waiver ending its pay-as-you-throw trash program. Member Barur R. Rajeshkumar cast the lone no vote.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 18

Government · Select Board

Select Board Closes Hearing on Trash Overhaul

The West Boylston Select Board closed a three-hour public hearing on a trash collection overhaul that would eliminate pay-as-you-throw bags for a flat $39 monthly fee.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 10

Government · Select Board

Select Board votes to eliminate trash bags

West Boylston Select Board voted to eliminate pay-as-you-throw trash bags from its new solid waste program. Chair Vanessa Kuzmanovski proposed a flat fee near $39 a month with a 30 percent discount for residents 65 and older, saying the move would save roughly $85,000 a year in bag costs.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 4

Government · Select Board

West Boylston Sets March 10 Solid Waste Hearing

West Boylston's Select Board set a March 10 public hearing on the town's solid waste program and delayed roadway signage review to a joint March 4 session with the Transportation Committee.

Townbrief reporting · Feb 18

Government · Select Board

Select Board dissolves trash rollout panel

West Boylston Select Board dissolved the subcommittee overseeing its new trash enterprise rollout.

Townbrief reporting · Jan 21